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GILT AUCTION PREVIEW: #1: Issuance will kick off for the week tomorrow with

GBP3.25bln of the 0.125% Jan-26 gilt on offer.

- This will be the third auction of the gilt following its launch last month.

The gilt continues to trade at a decent discount to the 0.625% Jun-25 gilt,

around 5.2bp at the time of writing after trading in a 3.5-5.5bp discount range

since launch. The last auction of this gilt saw less demand than the launch with

the bid-to-offer dropping to 2.28x from 2.72x and the tail widening from 0.2bp

to 0.4bp. We note that the previous auction of this gilt was the first following

the BOE's announcement that it would slow gilt purchases. Despite only being

eligible for BOE purchases since the second auction due to size constraints,

around 14% of the volume in issue is currently owned by the central bank. This

gilt is due to be sold twice more in August as the DMO builds it up as the new

five-year benchmark.

RESULTS: Results will be announced shortly after the auction closes at 10:00BST

with a further GBP812.5mln available to successful bidders via the PAOF.